CMU Police searching for four robbery suspects

A proposed drug transaction led to the robbery of a Central Michigan University student on campus early Sunday morning,

Central Michigan University Police Chief Bill Yeagley said the victim, a 20-year-old male student, was approached by four men who offered to sell him marijuana. The victim accepted and followed the men to Lot 1 at the corner of Bellows and Douglas on campus.

When they got to the parking lot, however, the four men assaulted the victim and took money and his wallet, Yeagley said. The victim told police that one of the four men said he had a knife, but it was never seen. The man was treated for minor injuries. Police said it is not clear if the victim knows any of the suspects.

The robbery was reported to police at around 3:45 a.m. Shortly after, CMU police issued an emergency notification, advising that caution be used in the area where the robbery occurred, on the north side of CMU’s campus. The alert described the suspects as three black men and one white man, carrying a backpack and a maroon and gold bag. The initial emergency notification also said the men were last seen heading east toward a car.

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At around 2 p.m. Sunday, CMU police issued a second notification, saying they didn’t believe there was an “ongoing threat to the safety of the university community,” because the robbery was not random, but rather began as a drug transaction. Yeagley said police were investigating leads Sunday afternoon.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call CMU police at 989-774-3081.